{"id":1686,"date":"2012-08-16T09:49:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T09:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1686"},"modified":"2012-08-16T09:49:36","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T09:49:36","slug":"chinese-man-builds-himself-bionic-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/chinese-man-builds-himself-bionic-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese man builds himself bionic hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese man has shown tremendous invention and endeavour after he built two bionic hands for himself.<\/p>\n<p>Sun Jifa lost both his hands in an accident eight years ago as he was building a bomb for blast fishing.<\/p>\n<p>To make matters worse, he couldn't afford to pay for the prosthetics the hospital wanted him to buy.<\/p>\n<p>However, rather than let the situation get him down, Mr Jifa devoted his time and effort to coming up with a solution.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I control them with movements from my elbows and I can work 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